SA privatises rural justice buildings

Mon 13 Oct 2003, 6:39 AM AEST

South Australia will spend $30 million to upgrade police stations and court buildings at six regional centres across South Australia.

Under the plan, the private sector will build, own, and maintain the buildings at Victor Harbor, Mount Barker, Gawler, Berri, Port Lincoln, and Port Pirie, while the Government will run the policing and court processes.

Infrastructure Minister Patrick Conlon says the public private partnership (PPP) is more efficient and will allow the projects to be completed more quickly.

"By doing it this way we're able to bring them all ahead at once," he said.

"There are significant savings to us by bundling the projects together, so it's good news for the regional centres that might have had to wait for another five or 10 years."